Florida Verdicts & Court Cases
8,410 verdicts, settlements, and court decisions from Florida.
United States of America v. Tyronzia Roquza Levine
Pensacola, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance (more thant 5 grams of meth, cocaine, and marijuana. On September 19, 2025, deputies with the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office observed Tyronzia Roquz
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Kelvin Undray Cokley, II
Tampa, Florida, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute controlled substance, in violation of 21 U.S.C. 841, and commission of a violent felony with a machine gun. Kelvin Undray Cokley, II, age 31, of Sarasota, Florida distributed 40 grams or more
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Rich Kapoor
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with defrauding investors of approximately $89 million, diverting investor funds to finance a lavish lifestyle, failing to pay millions of dollars in payroll taxes, and lying to a bank to obtain financing for a 68-foot yacht.
View VerdictState of Florida v. Ashanti Brown
Pensacola, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represents the defendant charged with murder. Ashanti Brown, age 23, accused for killing her boyfriend at their Madison Shores apartment during an argument.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Dr. Twan Phanijphand, M.D.
Pensacola, Florida, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with unlawfully prescribed opioids and other controlled substances in violation of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). Dr. Twan Phanijphand, M.D., a gastroenterologist located in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, unlawful
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Paul Richardson
Ocala, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Paul Richardson, age 56, of Leesburg, possession five grams of meth and sold meth to undercover law enforcement officers on four occasions from May to June 2025
View VerdictState of Florida v. Joseph Petrus
Orlando, Florida criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant, Joseph Petru, charged with first degree murder for killing Daryl Willis, Jr., age 33.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Tomás Niembro Concha
Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1349 and conspiracy to violation the international emergency powers act in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1956. Tomás Niembro Concha, 64, a Spanish and Venezuelan natio
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Charles Carson-Dowdy
Pensacola, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with stalking, interstate domestic violence resulting in death, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Charles Carson-Dowdy, 31, of Mobile, Alabama, who resided in Mobile, Alabama, and the victim, Ms. Tucker, wh
View VerdictUnited States of America v. The Villages Health System LLC (TVH)
Tampa, Florida insurance defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with violation of the False Claims Act. The Villages Health System LLC knowingly submitted false diagnosis codes to increase their payments from the Medicare Advantage program and increase their profits. From 2020 throu
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Alexander Mamonov
Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy Violate the Export Control Reform Act in violation of 50 U.S.C. 5819, conspiracy to commit smuggling act in violation of 18 U.S.C. 371, submitting false or misleading export information in violation of 13 U.S.C.
View VerdictState of Florida v. Deaven Sandy and Trey Millican
Fort Myers, Florida, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with brandishing guns during a road rage incident in North Fort Myers. Reported by Kent Morlan Deaven Sandy and Trey Millican were in a pickup truck that was being driven unsafely. The Victim asked at a stop lig
View VerdictState of Florida v. Carlos Elky Penton
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with dealing in stolen property. Carlos Elky Penton, 45, of Hialeah, a contract workers at Miami-Dade County International Airport found a cross body bag that had been left on an American Airlines plane that arrived from Nor
View VerdictState of Florida v. Courtney Taylor Clenney
Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with manslaughter. Reported by: Kent Morlan Courtney Clenney, a former OnlyFans model, fatally stabbing of her 27-year-old boyfriend, Christian Obumseli, in Miami in 2022.
View VerdictEthel Anderson, et al. v. Centurion of Florida, LLC, et al.
Tampa, Florida, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiffs on prisoner civil rights violation theories under 42 U.S.C. 1983. Reported by Kent Morlan Plaintiffs Ethel Anderson, Wanda Meadows, Jacqueline Luongo, Jennifer Johnson, and Virginia Crowley, former and current inmates in the
View VerdictState of Florida v. Gary Edward Glowacz
Jacksonville, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with first degree murder and burglary. Reported by Kent Morlan The Defendant contacted authorities saying he had information about the 1987 killing.
View VerdictState of Florida v. Michael Joseph Simpson
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with attempted murder. Reported by Kent Morlan Michael Joseph Simpson, shut off the oxygen supply to a diver searching for lobsters in this favor spot.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Michael Ray Pennington
Tallahassee, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempting to entice a minor to engage in unlawful sexual activity. Reported by Kent Morlan In November 2025, federal and local law enforcement conducted an undercover operation to identify and apprehend of
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Bryan Steven Etheridge
Jacksonville, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with making false statement to a federally licensed firearms dealer. Reported by Kent Morlan On May 10, 2025, Bryan Steven Etheridge, age 40, Lake City, Columbia County, Florida, attempted to purchase a .40 calib
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Jon Christopher Enriquez
Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with transmitting a threat through interstates communications in violation of 18 U.S.C. 875(c). Reported by Kent Morlan Jon Christopher Enriquez, 47, of Miami, used the social media platform X to post multiple public thr
View VerdictState of Florida v. Christopher Chiofalo
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged wtih burglary, third-degree grand theft, and criminal mischief of $1,000 0r more. Digested by: Kent Morlan
View VerdictState of Florida v. Cassandra Thompson, aka Cassandra Costentine
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with Third-degree grand theft, money laundering unlawful proceeds, unlawful use of a communications device, and a computer offense involving fraud. Digested by: Kent Morlan State of Florida v. Cassandra Thompson, aka Ca
View VerdictState of Florida v. Stephen Floyd
Bradenton, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with a felony. Reported by Kent Morlan Detectives entered the Defendant's house without a warrant. The Defendant moved to suppress the evidence obtained during a warrantless search of his residence. The Circuit
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Landon Dashawn Wilson
Tallahassee, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing and distributing drugs and unlawful possession and transportation of a machine gun. Reported by Kent Morlan The Tallahassee Police Department responded to a call regarding a possible burglary or ass
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Tajmir Wyles
Tampa, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with robbery of a postal mail carrier and receipt, possession or concealment of stolen property of the United States. Reported by Kent Morlan On May 15, 2023, Tajmir Wyles, age 32, from New Jersey, robbed a postal letter
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Angelo Martino
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiring with Blackcat/ALPHV (BlackCat) actors to extort multiple victims, as well as conspiring with other former cybersecurity professionals to attack additional victims in 2023. Reported by Kent Morlan Angelo
View VerdictState of Florida v. Eric Desmond Parrish
Pensacola, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual battery with force, battery, and false imprisonment. Reported by Kent Morlan Parrish raped his 53-year-old foster mother when he was 16. Under Florida’s Criminal Punishment Code, the permissible sente
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Scott Robinson
Pensacola, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represents the defendant charged with drug alteration. Reported by Kent Morlan Scott Robinson, 51, of Pace, Florida, via his website, advertised and sold the animal drug toltrazuril to customers across the United States. Under the Federal Food, Drug,
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Gina Mr. and Diego Ramirez-Aldana
Tampa, Florida, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with robbery. Reported by Kent Morlan Gina Parra-Martinez (age 39) and Diego Ramirez-Aldana (age 29) and others robbed a jewelry vendor who was visiting Tampa to sell her jewelry at an exhibition at a hotel near the Uni
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Moises Lima Junior
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegally voting in violation of 18 U.S.C. §611. Reported by Kent Morlan
View VerdictState of Florida v. Rubin Goodson
Tallahassee, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder. Reported by: Kent Morlan Rbein Goodson was charged with first degree murder. This court has long held that the state cannot supplement the record in an appeal of an order summarily denying a postcon
View VerdictState of Florida v. Nicolette Keough
Pensacola, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with criminal mischief. Reported by: Kent Morlan Nicholette Keough, age 31, allegedly "peed" on furniture in an an Airbnb in Pensacola.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Lauren Hornbuckle
Tampa, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempt to tamper with consumer products. Reported by: Kent Morlan Lauren Hornbuckle, ate 37, of Seminole, Fllorida, was a Florida-licensed registered nurse who worked at Hospital #1. Between November 2023 and March
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Kenia Marrero and Joan Navarro Bruguet
Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants engaged in a conspiracy to obtain and sell Medicare beneficiary identifier numbers (BINs) of thousands of patients for use in Medicare fraud schemes. Reported by: Kent Morlan Kenia Marrero, 46, of Miami, paid Joan Navarro Bruguet
View VerdictState of Florida v. Patricia Barberena
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with child neglect with physical in jury. Reported by Kent Morlan Patricia Barberena, 62, a school bus driver failed to assure that all the kids on her bus had been delivered to their schools and, as a result, one of them
View VerdictState of Florida v. Natasha Ethel Bagley
Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with carjacking, aggravated assault with a weapon, criminal mischief, grand theft and battery. Reported by Kent Morlan Natasha Ethel Bagley, 49, of Hialeah, accused to attacking an rideshare driver and damaging his vehicle
View VerdictState of Florida v. Open AI and Sam Altman
Carterville, Florida, commercial litigation lawyers represent the Defendants on four counts of deceptive and unfair trade practices, two counts of negligence, two counts of violating product liability laws, one count of fraudulent misrepresentation and another count of causing a public nuisance.
View VerdictState of Florida v. Jordan Alexander Bustillo
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with grand theft, organized scheme to defraud and obtaining property by gaming. Reported by Kent Morlan Jordan Alexander Bustillo, age 20, accused for cheating people in an rigged street gambling game in downtown Miami th
View VerdictState of Florida v. Nurideen Shabazz, aka DeenTheGreat
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with assault and battery. Reported by: Kent Morlan Twenty-five-year-old Misfits boxer Nurideen Shabazz, aka DeenTheGreat, accused of assaulting and battering woman on a yacht with whom he had a relationship after she spo
View VerdictState of Florida v. Pylip Vionov and Anton Levkun
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant's charged with placing a credit card scanning device on a credit card point-of-sale machine. Reported by Kent Morlan Pylip Vionov, age 45, and Anton Levkun, age 41, from Ukraine “placed a skimming device on a credit card poin
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Peter Daniel Ring
Gainesville, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sending multiple threatening interstate communications to kill or cause physical injuries. By Kent Morlan In June 2025 the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) received a complaint that a threat to kill a re
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Rebecca Stewart Vaughn
Tampa, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with four counts of wire fraud and one count of theft of government money. By Kent Morlan Rebecca Stewart Vaughn, age 64, Tampa, Florida, engaged in a fraud scheme to obtain Social Security benefits and City of New York
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Roody Metelus
Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with preparing and submitting false tax forms to support more than 200 fraudulent loan applications under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). By Kent Morlan
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Erasme Catalino Paulino Rodriguez, Joseito Diaz De Oleo, and Ober Alexander Villavicencio Jimenez
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to import more than 5 kilograms of cocaine into the United States 21 USC 963. By Kent Morlan Erasme Catalino Paulino Rodriguez, 35; Joseito Diaz De Oleo, 48; and Ober Alexander Villavicencio Jimenez, 36
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Joel Rufus French
Tampa, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States Government, mail fraud, and money laundering. By Kent Morlan Joel Rufus French, age 47 of Armory, Mississippi, engaged in a conspiracy to defraud of the United States. Fre
View VerdictState of Florida v. Rafael Jorge Gonzalez-Sintes
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with f shooting or throwing a deadly missile, culpable negligence, criminal mischief and disorderly conduct. By Kent Morlan Rafael Jorge Gonzalez-Sintes, age 61, accused of throwing furniture out of his high rise apartme
View VerdictState of Florida v. Craig Edward Leeks
Dade City, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second-degree murder and improper exhibition of a firearm. The State charged Leeks with attempted first-degree murder and aggravated assault. His defense counsel moved to have him evaluated for competency, and th
View VerdictState of Florida v. Joseph Luther
Perry, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with multiple felonies. The trial court orally pronounced concurrent life sentences for Counts I and II, but the written order states that the sentences are to be served consecutively. The State correctly concedes error.
View VerdictState of Florida v. Christopher Diez
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charge with enticement of a minor for sex and battery. Miami-Dade County Sheriff Lieutenant Chirstopher Diaz allegedly attempt to meet a minor in Delray Beach to have sex.
View VerdictState of Florida v. Walter Afitt Garcia
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with felony littering and misdemeanor failing to obtain an environmental permit. Walter Afitt Garcia, 48, opened gate for a dump truck driver seeking to get rid of a load of landscaping debris at an "illegal dumping transfer
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